(n) an eating apple that somewhat resembles a McIntosh; used as both an eating and a cooking apple

(n) a group of countries under a single authority; "the British empire"

(n) a group of diverse companies under common ownership and run as a single organization

(n) a monarchy with an emperor as head of state

(n) the domain ruled by an emperor or empress

(s) strikingly strange or unusual; "an exotic hair style"; "protons, neutrons, electrons and all their exotic variants"; "the exotic landscape of a dead planet"

(s) being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "alien customs"; "exotic plants in a greenhouse"; "exotic cuisine"

(n) (chess) the capture by both players (usually on consecutive moves) of pieces of equal value; "the endgame began after the exchange of queens"

(n) (chess) gaining (or losing) a rook in return for a knight or bishop; "black lost the exchange"

(n) the act of putting one thing or person in the place of another: "he sent Smith in for Jones but the substitution came too late to help"

(n) reciprocal transfer of equivalent sums of money especially the currencies of different countries; "he earns his living from the interchange of currency"

(n) the act of giving something in return for something received; "deductible losses on sales or exchanges of property are allowable"

(n) the act of changing one thing for another thing; "Adam was promised immortality in exchange for his disobedience"; "there was an exchange of prisoners"

(n) (sports) an unbroken sequence of several successive strokes; "after a short rally Connors won the point"

(n) a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

(n) a workplace for buying and selling; open only to members

(n) a mutual expression of views (especially an unpleasant one); "they had a bitter exchange"

(n) chemical process in which one atom or ion or group changes places with another

(v) change over, change around, or switch over

(v) exchange or replace with another, usually of the same kind or category; "Could you convert my dollars into pounds?"; "He changed his name"; "convert centimeters into inches"; "convert holdings into shares"

(v) exchange a penalty for a less severe one

(v) give to, and receive from, one another; "Would you change places with me?"; "We have been exchanging letters for a year"

(v) hand over one and receive another, approximately equivalent; "exchange prisoners"; "exchange employees between branches of the company"

(v) provide with abilities or understanding; "She was never equipped to be a dancer"

(v) provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities"

(n) the act of escaping physically; "he made his escape from the mental hospital"; "the canary escaped from its cage"; "his flight was an indication of his guilt"

(n) a means or way of escaping; "hard work was his escape from worry"; "they installed a second hatch as an escape"; "their escape route"

(n) an avoidance of danger or difficulty; "that was a narrow escape"

(n) an inclination to retreat from unpleasant realities through diversion or fantasy; "romantic novels were her escape from the stress of daily life"; "his alcohol problem was a form of escapism"

(n) nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"

(n) a valve in a container in which pressure can build up (as a steam boiler); it opens automatically when the pressure reaches a dangerous level

(n) the unwanted discharge of a fluid from some container; "they tried to stop the escape of gas from the damaged pipe"; "he had to clean up the leak"

(n) a plant originally cultivated but now growing wild

(v) issue or leak, as from a small opening; "Gas escaped into the bedroom"

(v) fail to experience; "Fortunately, I missed the hurricane"

(v) escape potentially unpleasant consequences; get away with a forbidden action; "She gets away with murder!"; "I couldn't get out from under these responsibilities"

(v) run away from confinement; "The convicted murderer escaped from a high security prison"

(v) flee; take to one's heels; cut and run; "If you see this man, run!"; "The burglars escaped before the police showed up"

(v) remove oneself from a familiar environment, usually for pleasure or diversion; "We escaped to our summer house for a few days"; "The president of the company never manages to get away during the summer"

(v) be incomprehensible to; escape understanding by; "What you are seeing in him eludes me"

(s) great in range or scope; "an extended vocabulary"; "surgeons with extended experience"; "extensive examples of picture writing"; "suffered extensive damage"; "a wide selection"

(s) large in spatial extent or range; "an extensive Roman settlement in northwest England"; "extended farm lands"

(s) beyond the literal or primary sense; "`hot off the press' shows an extended sense of `hot'"

(a) fully extended or stretched forth; "an extended telescope"; "his extended legs reached almost across the small room"; "refused to accept the extended hand"

(s) drawn out or made longer spatially; "Picasso's elongated Don Quixote"; "lengthened skirts are fashionable this year"; "the extended airport runways can accommodate larger planes"; "a prolonged black line across the page"

(s) relatively long in duration; tediously protracted; "a drawn-out argument"; "an extended discussion"; "a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law"; "a prolonged and bitter struggle"; "protracted negotiations"

(n) a person who is older than you are

(n) any of various church officers

(n) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

(a) older brother or sister; "big sister"

(s) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."